Trade mark decision

BL Number

O/144/00

Decision date

27 April 2000

Hearing Officer

Mr M Foley

Mark

THE RENNIE MACKINTOSH COLLECTION

Classes

14, 20

Applicant

Carrick Jewellery Ltd

Opponents

Chateau Watches Ltd & George Panton & Son Ltd

Opposition

Sections 5(1)(a), (b), (c) & (d); Sections 3(3)(a) & (b), and Sections 5(4)(a) & (b)

Result

Sections 3(1)(b) & (c) - Opposition successful

Sections 3(1)(a) & (d) - Opposition failed

Sections 3(3)(a) & (b) - Opposition failed

Sections 5(4)(a) & (b) Opposition failed

Points Of Interest

• Related cases : See SRIS O/145/00, O/146/00, O/147/00 and O/148/00

Summary

The opposition succeeded under Sections 3(1)(b) and (c), the Hearing Officer's reasoning corresponding, so far as the words RENNIE MACKINTOSH in the mark were concerned, with that set forth in respect of a co-pending application (SRIS O/143/00), involving the same parties and the same evidence, though he further found that the additional words failed to make the mark as a whole any more distinctive. Opposition failed on all other grounds, again for the reasons set forth in O/143/00.

Full decision O/144/00 43Kb